This book is for users that develop applications and deploy them to mobile devices.
Chapter 1, “Introduction,” introduces Unwired Accelerator, and describes how to get started using the Mobile Web Studio.
Chapter 2, “Getting Started,” provides basic tutorials for developing mobile applications using Mobile Web Studio.
Chapter 3, “Creating a Multipage Mobile Application,” describes how to use click-across to create a multipage mobile application that you can deploy to a mobile device.
Chapter 4, “Creating a Multipage Mobile Application with Transaction Support,” describes how to create a multipage mobile application with transaction support and push sync so that you can view and update data from a mobile device.
Chapter 5, “Creating a Custom .NET Client,” describes how to create a UA .NET client or Windows Mobile Pocket PCs.
Chapter 6, “Mobilizing BusinessObjects,” shows you how to mobilize a BusinessObjects Web Intelligence report.
Chapter 7, “Creating a Domino Application,” describes how to create a Domino application that extracts data from your Domino database.
Chapter 8, “Creating a Remedy Application,” describes how to create and mobilize a Remedy application.
Chapter 9, “Creating a Multipage Mobile Charting Application,” explains how to create a mobile application from a Flash charting object.
Chapter 10, “Deploying Applications to Mobile Devices,” describes how to deploy applications from Mobile Web Studio to mobile devices using M-Business Anywhere.
Chapter 11, “Deploying Applications to BlackBerry Devices,” describes how to deploy applications to BlackBerry devices for use in online or offline modes.
Chapter 12, “Troubleshooting,” provides answers for frequently asked questions, and troubleshooting information.
Unwired Accelerator documentation The following Unwired Accelerator documents are available on the Getting Started with Unwired Accelerator CD:
The Unwired Accelerator installation guide for your platform explains how to install the Unwired Accelerator software.
The Unwired Accelerator release bulletin for your platform contains last-minute information not documented elsewhere.
The Unwired Accelerator Quick Start Guide shows how to deploy a Web and a database application to either a PDA or BlackBerry device.
The Mobile Application Development Tutorial (this guide) provides tutorials that help you get started using Mobile Web Studio to develop and deploy mobile applications.
Unwired Accelerator online documentation The following Unwired Accelerator documents are available on the SyBooks CD:
The Unwired Accelerator Developer’s Guide includes developer-related topics for Unwired Accelerator components, Portal Interface applications, and Java Template Framework pages.
The Unwired Accelerator Administration Guide provides administration topics for Unwired Accelerator and its components.
The Portal Interface User’s Guide describes the Portal Interface user interface and how to use Portal Interface to build and manage your enterprise’s portal.
jConnect™ for JDBC™ documents Unwired Accelerator includes the jConnect for JDBC driver to allow JDBC access to Sybase database servers and gateways. The Programmer’s Reference jConnect for JDBC is included on the SyBooks CD.
Adaptive Server® Anywhere documents Unwired Accelerator includes the ASA database to store system information including security authentication and authorization information. The ASA document set is included on the SyBooks CD.
Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:
The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other documents or updated information not included on the SyBooks CD. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.
The SyBooks CD contains product manuals and is included with your software. The Eclipse-based SyBooks browser allows you to access the manuals in an easy-to-use, HTML-based format.
Some documentation may be provided in PDF format, which you can access through the PDF directory on the SyBooks CD. To read or print the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Refer to the SyBooks Installation Guide on the Getting Started CD, or the README.txt file on the SyBooks CD for instructions on installing and starting SyBooks.
The Sybase Product Manuals Web site is an online version of the SyBooks CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Sybase Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.
Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.
Finding the latest information on product certifications
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Select Products from the navigation bar on the left.
Select a product name from the product list and click Go.
Select the Certification Report filter, specify a time frame, and click Go.
Click a Certification Report title to display the report.
Finding the latest information on component certifications
Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.
Either select the product family and product under Search by Product; or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.
Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.
Creating a personalized view of the Sybase Web
site (including support pages)
Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.
Finding the latest information on EBFs and software
maintenance
Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
Select EBFs/Maintenance. Enter user name and password information, if prompted (for existing Web accounts) or create a new account (a free service).
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.
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